News & Culture
The Trump Presidency Is Still an Active Crime Scene
It’s hard to consign the Trump years to the history books when we remain in the middle of the crisis that it sparked.
By Susan B. Glasser
Stash-House Stings Carry Real Penalties for Fake Crimes
The undercover operations seem like entrapment, but their targets can receive long sentences.
By Rachel Poser
The Republicans Running to Support Trump
Don Bolduc is one of many political aspirants who believe that the 2020 election was stolen.
By Isaac Chotiner
A Recipe for Being Yourself in the Kitchen
Laurie Colwin’s style of food writing taught home cooks to trust the strength of their convictions.
By Rachel Syme
Puzzles & Games
Name Drop
A quiz that tests your knowledge of notable people, published every weekday.
Crossword
A thrice-weekly puzzle that ranges from lightly to considerably challenging.
Cryptic Crossword
A weekly puzzle for lovers of wily wordplay.
Caption Contest
We provide a cartoon, you provide a caption.
Spotlight
Unearthing the Work of a California Photographer
The colors in many of Kali’s images seem to shimmer, as if pulsing with their own internal heartbeat.
By Naomi Fry
The Romance of American Activism
“Radical Love” follows a couple who worked on behalf of the Weather Underground and others.
Film by William Kirkley
Text by Hannah Aizenman
Paul McCartney Doesn’t Want to Stop the Show
Half a century after the Beatles broke up, he’s still correcting the record—and making new ones.
By David Remnick
The Opera Swimmers of Brooklyn
For “Sun & Sea,” let Brooklynites in bathing suits frolic on sand and chat with the singers.
By André Wheeler
The Great Bridge Boycott
At a recent tournament, thirty teams refused to compete when faced with the prospect of playing against an Italian player who has been accused of cheating.
By David Owen
The Shadow Penal System for Struggling Kids
A Christian organization claims to reform troubled teens. But is its discipline more like abuse?
By Rachel Aviv
The Short Story in the “Bad Art Friend” Saga
A feature has prompted discourse about artistic appropriation. Is the art in question any good?
By Katy Waldman
Daily Cartoon
In Focus
The Coronavirus Crisis
Coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, from the science of vaccines to the culture of quarantine.
Racial Injustice and Policing
Black Lives Matter, police brutality, and the long history of racism in America.
Dept. of Returns
Stories of life after the vaccine.
The Future of Democracy
An exploration of democracy in America.
From This Week’s Issue
David Remnick on Paul McCartney’s winding road , Rachel Aviv on a Christian school’s harsh discipline , Anthony Lane on James Bond , and more.
Humor
Remembrances of Being at the Mall
You stood in a glass elevator next to a man with a fat mustache and a turquoise knapsack who looked at you angrily.
By Emma Rathbone
“Sleep When the Baby Sleeps!” and Other Parenting Advice
Cry when the baby cries; laugh when the baby laughs; trash the room when the baby trashes the room.
By Becky Barnicoat
Trump to Skip 2024 Campaign and Just Claim He Won
He said that campaigning would be “a waste of time, quite frankly, because I have already won that election.”
By Andy Borowitz
Go Bags of the Stars
What Kanye West, Melania Trump, and others grab when the going gets tough.
By Henry Alford
Eight First Impressions of a Time Traveller
I’m from the future. You better change your ways, or get ready for water wars and moisture suits.
By Dennard Dayle
Fiction & Poetry
“Not Here You Don’t”
“Cary thought that his old man had had a pretty great American life.”
By Thomas McGuane
Thomas McGuane on the American West
The author discusses his story from the latest issue of the magazine.
By Deborah Treisman
“Crescendo”
“Three o’clock, about two hours of light left, / glorious on the ornamental pear.”
By Rae Armantrout